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Learn the Truth About Chicken

The ASPCA is excited to announce the launch of a new farm animal campaign focusing on the plight of chickens raised for meat (often called “broiler” chickens). Roughly 8.5 billion chickens are raised in the U.S. annually, most on squalid factory farms where there is no government oversight of their treatment.

The issue is not just the treatment of chickens, though: it’s that modern chickens are selectively bred to grow so large, so fast, that they struggle to simply move or stand.

Today’s chickens are bred to have such massive and disproportionate bodies that they often collapse and spend most of their lives lying helplessly in their own waste. Many have open wounds, which act as gateways to infections that can be passed on to people. Don't be fooled: Most chickens who wind up on American dinner plates bear no resemblance to the healthy-looking, active birds you may have been led to expect.

The ASPCA is calling on the chicken industry to do better—but to make sure they’re paying attention, we need to show them that people like you care about how chickens are raised, too.

By insisting on slower-growing chickens and better conditions, we can reduce suffering and raise healthier birds who may be less likely to spread dangerous infections like salmonella. But to get the chicken industry to move in the right direction, they need to see that people like you are paying attention—and counting on the industry to do what’s right for chickens and consumers.

What does your rudeness do to help? If all you have is criticism, don't comment. At least they are trying. Why don't you write your comments in Spanish or French? See how easy that is. And, before you make a comment to me..........yes, I am an English speaking, American who only knows one language. I admire anyone who can learn more than one.

Laws in Europe demand that all farm animals raised for consumption be raised in humane, cafe free environments with ample food, water, shelter, and exercise...I only wish the "native American-speaking" AWFULJACKASS would spend one day cramped in a cage with hardly room to move or breathe to understand what each one of "his" chickens goes through on a daily basis...